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Books

This page lists all fiction and non-fiction books (outside of programming) I've read over the years. I publish my notes for books I've read to my notes. For a list of books I recommend, see Recommendations page.

* Listened to audiobook or my TTS engine

• 2014

  • Rich Dad Poor Dad - Robert Kiyosaki
    In 2014, I got admitted to hospital for a week due to a knee injury. My sister got me this book. That's how I got into reading.
  • Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane
  • A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking

• 2015

  • Martin Gardner
    Discovering Martin Gardner for the first time was a joy. Thank you Vsauce.
  • Secrets of Mental Math - Arthur Benjamin
  • Just Six Numbers - Martin Rees

• 2016

  • 20000 Leagues Under The Sea* - Jules Verne
    Thanks Dr. Emmet Brown.
  • Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! - Ralph Leighton, Richard Feynman

• 2017

  • The Foundation Series - Isaac Asimov
    My beloved Sci-Fi novel and author.
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams
    Thanks to Prof. Philip Moriarty and Numberphile for introducing me to this masterpiece.
  • My Inventions - Nikola Tesla
  • Astrophysics for People in a Hurry* - Neil deGrasse Tyson
  • Zero to One* - Peter Thiel
  • The God Delusion* - Richard Dawkins
  • The Character of Physical Law - Richard Feynman

• 2018

  • Outliers* - Malcolm Gladwell
  • The Tipping Point* - Malcolm Gladwell
  • Start With Why - Simon Sinek
  • Our Final Invention - James Barret
  • Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future* - Ashlee Vance
  • Leonardo da Vinci - Walter Isaacson
  • Einstein: His Life and Universe - Walter Isaacson
  • Fermat's Enigma - Simon Singh
  • The Code Book - Simon Singh

• 2019

  • The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F ck* - Mark Manson
  • The Selfish Gene* - Richard Dawkins
  • The Martian* - Andy Weir
  • Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson
  • Snow Crash* - Neal Stephenson
  • The Cuckoo's Egg - Clifford Stoll
  • iWoz - Steve Wozniak
  • Permanent Record - Edward Snowden
  • Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies* - Nick Bostrom
  • Life 3.0 - Max Tegmark

• 2020

  • The Age of Surveillance Capitalism - Prof. Shoshana Zuboff
  • Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
  • Creativity, Inc. - Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace
  • Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions - Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths
  • Greenlights* - Matthew McConaughey
  • How to be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life - Massimo Pigliucci
  • The Metamorphosis* - Franz Kafka
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid [1-3] - Jeff Kinney
    Finally got around to reading this series. Just gonna settle at the first 3 for 2020.